Trump Blasts ‘Thug’ DOJ Prosecutor, Pleads Not Guilty to 37-Count Indictment

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Trump Blasts ‘Thug’ DOJ Prosecutor, Pleads Not Guilty to 37-Count Indictment

(Mark Pellin, Headline USA) Before turning himself in for arraignment and arrest Tuesday in a Miami courthouse for felony criminal charges orchestrated under the direction of President Joe Biden’s Justice Department to target his main political opponent, Donald Trump unleashed a flurry of scathing criticism of what he called a “thug” prosecutor facilitating “election interference” of a grand scale.

Trump pleaded not guilty to all 37 federal charges brought against him by Biden’s DOJ alleging mishandling of classified documents and obstructing justice.

“This is the Thug, over turned consistently and unanimously in big cases, that Biden and his CORRUPT Injustice Department stuck on me,” Trump posted on Truth Social before his arraignment, referring to Special Counsel Jack Smith, tapped by the Biden DOJ to persecute the former president.

Trump blasted Smith as a “radical lunatic” and “Trump Hater,” along with “all his friends and family, who probably ‘planted’ information in the ‘boxes’ given to them,” he wrote.

“They taint everything that they touch, including our Country, which is rapidly going to HELL!”

Trump was reportedly responding to a National Pulse article that ripped Smith for producing a “fawning documentary about Michelle Obama,” and having family links to George Soros and Hillary Clinton.

Trump attorney Alina Habba was more reserved but no less strident in her criticism of her client’s treatment.

“The decision to pursue charges against President Trump while turning a blind eye to others is emblematic of the corruption that we have here,” she said prior Trump’s arraignment.

“We are at a turning point in our nation’s history. The targeting prosecution of a leading political opponent is the type of thing you see in dictatorships like Cuba and Venezuela,” Habba said.

“What is being doing to President Trump should terrify all citizens of this country.”

Lobbying Group Launches Expensive Campaign to Save Kamala’s Image

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Lobbying Group Launches Expensive Campaign to Save Kamala’s Image

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) An abortion-focused political-action committee known as EMILY’s List invested $10 million in a public-relations campaign to boost the image of Vice President Kamala Harris.

According to the Daily Caller, the PAC expressed the desire to assist Harris in the months leading up to the 2024 presidential campaign.

Many expect Harris to play a larger role in the next presidential race as President Joe Biden continues to mentally and physically decline and the possibility of the veep becoming the next president increases.

Harris’s approval ratings throughout her White House tenure have been historically low, with 36.7% approval and 56% disapproval ratings according to recent polling data.

Republicans have hoped to use Biden’s decline and Harris’s incompetence as a selling point for a more effective GOP candidate.

“She is a boogeyman that Republicans can (and will) use when it comes to pushing their message,” an unnamed senior Republican strategist said.

“A President Harris would be even worse than a President Biden because she campaigned as a progressive fighter and had to moderate herself when she became Biden’s running mate,” the strategist continued. “And to be completely frank, she’s smart. She’s an accomplished prosecutor. She was a United States senator. And she does have the resume to match.”

Laphonza Butler, president of EMILY’s List, announced that the organization’s campaign would try to reach voters of all kinds.

“Some age groups and demographics get their information from things like YouTube or from TikTok,” Butler explained. “For some demographics, they are much more interpersonal and in terms of how they get and disseminate information.”

Despite being given several issues to address, such as the border crisis and looming threat of artificial intelligence, Harris has done very little in her vice presidential tenure.

Her office has also been a revolving door for staff since the administration took power, throwing her ability to effectively lead into question.

Florida Beachgoers Have New Threat to Worry about: Bears

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Florida Beachgoers Have New Threat to Worry about: Bears

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) Beachgoers in Destin, Florida witnessed a bizarre sight over the weekend when a black bear plunged into the Gulf of Mexico near hundreds of swimmers, Fox 5 Atlanta reported.

Video showed a young black bear swimming at a crowded Florida beach alongside numerous other swimmers.

The video was posted to social media, where it made rounds on Sunday.

Steffani Saddler, who took one of the viral videos, was returning from a SCUBA diving trip. She said that she saw the bear holding his own in the choppy waters.

“There’s a bear in the water. How crazy,” Saddler said in the video.

“I guess he’s on vacation, too,” another person joked.

Saddler said she was understandably surprised to see a bear in the Gulf.

“My reaction was definitely a bit of a shock because that was the last thing I expected to see swimming out there,” Saddler added.

Capt. Frank Merrell was also returning from a diving trip when he saw something black floating in the water.

“My first thought was maybe a dog, but was in complete shock when I realized it was a bear,” he said.

Black bears can be found throughout Florida, though they generally remain in the forested and swampy regions of the state.

The bears are also known for their excellent swimming abilities.

According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the bear cub likely had gone exploring away from its mother.

“While it is unusual to see a bear swimming in the shallows of a crowded beach, it isn’t unusual to hear of black bears swimming in the Gulf, on their way to barrier islands in search of food,” the FWC stated.

FBI Deputy Director: Unmasking Biden Family Informant a ‘Life and Death’ Matter

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FBI Deputy Director: Unmasking Biden Family Informant a ‘Life and Death’ Matter

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate said Tuesday that unmasking the informant who levied bribery allegations against President Joe Biden is a “question of life and death”—confirming earlier reports that the informant could be killed if his or her identity is made public.

Abbate’s disclosure came at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, where Sen. Marsha Blackburn R-Tenn., was pressuring him about why the FBI redacted information from the informant’s  FD-1023 file, which purportedly details information about Biden receiving a $5 million bribe from a foreign national.

Blackburn wanted to know specifically why the FBI redacted references to recordings of phone calls between the foreign national, Joe Biden and Hunter Biden. Information about these recordings was revealed Monday by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who has read an unredacted copy of the FD-1023 file.

Abbate pled ignorance about the recordings. He said information was redacted from the document presented to Congress to protect the FBI’s source.

“I have no idea if there are voice recordings or not,” Abbate told Blackburn. “The document was redacted to protect the source. This is a question of life and death, potentially.”

Abbate’s comments come on the heels of Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., making similar comments about the informant after receiving a briefing from the FBI. Luna, who sits on the House Oversight Committee, said last week that the FBI is purportedly worried that its highly placed confidential source might be killed if that person’s identity is revealed.

Following Abbate’s statement on Tuesday, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., asked him for a copy of the FD-1023 file. Despite this document being unclassified, Abatte demurred.

“The document, as you know, contains sensitive information that has bearing on the source’s life, potentially,” he said, reiterating his concern for the informant’s life.

Abbate said redacting the source’s name could still reveal that person’s identity. He did say he’d take Hawley’s request back to the bureau for consideration.

The Senate’s interest in the FD-1023 file follows threats from House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., to charge Wray with contempt of Congress due to his previous reluctance to release the informant file. Ultimately, Wray reached an agreement with Comer to allow all members of the House Oversight Committee to review the file in exchange for withdrawing the charges, which had not been filed.

Comer and Grassley first learned of the file from a whistleblower who raised the concerns about the DOJ’s failure to investigative the alleged multi-million dollar bribery scheme involving Biden during his time as vice president during the Obama administration.

Grassley maintains that the release of the file is crucial, stating, “Getting a full and complete 1023 is critical for the American people to know and understand the true nature of the document and to hold the FBI and the Justice Department accountable.”

Ken Silva is a staff writer at Headline USA. Follow him at twitter.com/jd_cashless.

Texas Rangers Is the Only MLB Team that Doesn’t Host ‘Pride’ Night

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Texas Rangers Is the Only MLB Team that Doesn’t Host ‘Pride’ Night

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) As professional sports leagues continue to capitulate to the far-left, the Texas Ranges remain the only Major League Baseball team that has not hosted a “pride” night, the Texas Scorecard reported.

Though the Rangers attempted to host an informal LGBT celebration in 2003, the event saw major backlash, and the Rangers have avoided the topic.

Since that time, Rangers COO Neil Leibman has commented on the topic, noting that they have chosen to promote pride in secrecy instead.

“With respect to Pride Night, we reached out to the Resource Center and said what can we do internally,” Leibman said in a 2020 interview.

“We immediately adopted some changes they suggested to be more inclusive in hiring practices. I think that’s more meaningful than just saying, ‘OK, we had a Pride Night.’”

Despite the organization’s internal capitulation, Rafael McDonnell, an activist with the LGBTQ Resource Center, complained about the Rangers’ lack of open Pride celebration.

“They’ve made some efforts, but it’s very much a start. Compared to their peer professional sports teams, they have some distance to go.”

The Rangers’ refusal to outwardly celebrate the “LGBT community” is one of the few bright spots in Major League Baseball these days.

Along side the Los Angeles Dodgers controversy, several MLB teams have recently released players for their supposedly anti-LGBT views.

The Toronto Blue Jays, for example, jettisoned pitcher Anthony Bass after he reposted a video on Twitter that his team deemed “hateful.”

When asked whether the video he reposted was a problem because it described the LGBT movement as “demonic,” Bass declined to play into the media’s narrative.

“I do not,” he said. “That’s why I posted it originally. When I look back at it, I can see how people would view it that way and that’s why I was apologetic.”

According to the former Blue Jay, he should be permitted to hold and express his views without the risk of being fired.

“I stand by my personal beliefs,” he added. “Everyone is entitled to their personal beliefs, right?”

Flynn: ‘Perfect Storm Has Arrived’ w/ Bombshell Report on Biden Bribery

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Flynn: ‘Perfect Storm Has Arrived’ w/ Bombshell Report on Biden Bribery

(Corine Gatti, Headline USA) Lt. General Michael Flynn tweeted, “The storm has arrived,” after Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, released a damning report on a foreign national allegedly bribing then-Vice President Joe Biden and Hunter Biden. 

Flynn, 64, blasted the RINO establishment on Twitter Monday for bowing to “communist Left globalists” and wanting “us all to move past from Trump” after the former president was indicted last week on 37 counts related to over 100 classified documents recovered from Mar-a-Lago last August. 

“#WeThePeople need to rise to the occasion and start to participate in every action and election going on in our communities,” Flynn tweeted. “The Uniparty has yielded to the takeover of the communist Left globalists.”

Flynn said that with the arrival of the political storm, two competing clouds have emerged in the U.S. government, media and corporate world. One composed of those who are “woke” and the other who believe they can bring down Trump through false indictments and further persecution.

However, both clouds seem to be losing the battle, as their actions made Trump more appealing to the masses, Flynn said, and the sentiment is reflected in recent polling.

The Gateway Pundit reported that the indictments against Trump backfired because his poll numbers are climbing. An April NBC poll showed more than 70% of GOP voters supported Trump as he faced numerous investigations and indictments — despite the criminal arrest and other legal investigations into his past conduct.

In a recent phone interview with Americano Media, Trump stated that the indictments against him have failed because his poll numbers are “going way, way up!”

Flynn also slammed the DOJ and FBI for dragging his family and President Trump and “his family and the rest of America through a knothole for the last six (6) years. How bad and deep is the corruption in these two organizations.”

Karine Jean-Pierre Violated Hatch Act by Referring to ‘MAGA Republicans’

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Karine Jean-Pierre Violated Hatch Act by Referring to ‘MAGA Republicans’

(Robert Jonathan, Headline USA) White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is reportedly the latest Biden administration official to have violated the federal law known as the Hatch Act.

It appears that the White House spokeswoman won’t be subject to any disciplinary action, however.

In early November 2022, approximately a week shy of the midterm elections, an organization called Protect the Public’s Trust lodged a complaint against Jean-Pierre over her statement from the podium that “mega MAGA Republican officials…don’t believe in the rule of law.”

During the same presser, she also reportedly made other comments that disparaged GOP candidates.

Under the Hatch Act, which was enacted in 1939, federal executive branch employees are prohibited from using their official status for political campaign activity.

After an investigation, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel determined that Jean-Pierre had violated the law.

“Because Ms. Jean‐Pierre made the statements while acting in her official capacity, she violated the Hatch Act prohibition against using her official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election,” OSC official Ana Galindo‐Marrone said, according to NBC News.

Marrone added that “making the references constituted political activity,’ but the agency “decided not to pursue disciplinary action and have instead issued Ms. Jean‐Pierre a warning letter,” The Hill reported.

The letter, purportedly shared with NBC, had not been released into the public domain as of Tuesday afternoon.

In a statement, White House spokesman Andrew Bates claimed that the President Joe Biden and his staff were taking the offense seriously.

“As has been made clear throughout the administration, we take the law seriously and uphold the Hatch Act,” he said. “We are reviewing this opinion.”

But the Biden administration’s track-record of failing to hold top officials accountable for violating the law speaks for itself.

Jean-Pierre’s predecessor, MSNBC host Jen Psaki—along with former Biden chief of staff Ron Klain, and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge were all previously determined to have run afoul of the Hatch Act but received a metaphorical lap on the wrist.

Most recently, the charges were dropped against a federal prosecutor, Rachael Rollins, who was found to have committed egregious ethical violations while campaigning on behalf of a fellow Democrat. She stepped down of her own accord but faced no further consequences.

Potential penalties for Hatch Act violations, which in practice may be theoretical, can include suspension, demotion, termination, or a civil fine of up to $1,000.

Protect the Public’s Trust said that it is “dedicated to ensuring there is only one standard—one set of rules that our leaders must live by no matter what party affiliation or ideological bent.”

The watchdog group’s director, ex-Trump administration official Michael Chamberlain, assailed the way the OSC resolved the Jean-Pierre matter.

“This episode illustrates exactly what people hate about Washington, D.C. and why they increasingly distrust the Biden Administration’s promises to be the most ethical in history,” he said.

Chamberlain went to say that “The Hatch Act was a law used to pillory previous administrations but officials now appear content to sweep it under the rug.”

From time to time, Biden is fond of using the term “mega MAGA Republicans” in speeches, which is perhaps the reason that Jean-Pierre adopted that terminology/talking point.

NBC noted that Jean-Pierre often relies on the Hatch Act to dodge questions from reporters.

The Hatch Act exempts the president and vice president from its main provision.

Did Same Hollywood Trainer Who Triggered Kanye’s Breakdown Turn ‘Juno’ Actress Trans?

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Did Same Hollywood Trainer Who Triggered Kanye’s Breakdown Turn ‘Juno’ Actress Trans?

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Transgender celebrity Elliot Page captured attention this week for a recent interview with the Los Angeles Times, where the Juno star, who was born female, revealed that the decision to undergo a sex change came after having a psychotic episode and hearing a voice in her head.

“One night, he tried to knock himself out. Took his knuckles to his face and pounded over and over until bruises formed. For days after, he sat in a lawn chair on the porch, ashamed, his face sore,” the Times wrote on Page’s transition, using the male pronouns that Page now goes by. “And then he heard a voice: ‘You don’t have to feel this way.’”

Page’s disclosure caused some to gawk in astonishment—“holy s**t,” broadcaster Tim Pool said in reaction—while others dug deeper into what might have caused Page’s breakdown.

Internet sleuths were quick to focus on Page’s prior connection to prominent Hollywood personal trainer Harley Pasternak, whose name surfaced late last year amidst rapper Kanye West’s apparent mental-health struggles.

Around the time West was making controversial and anti-Semitic remarks last year, he also seemingly accused Pasternak of threatening to institutionalize him.

West posted screenshots of texts from Pasternak last November, where the trainer allegedly said he could “have you institutionalized again where they medicate the crap out of you, and you go back to Zombieland forever. Play date with the kids just won’t be the same.”

“This shows Harley admitting to knowing the truth of our origin but then later dismissing the facts within the same text chain,” West said. “Mind you, this is how a Hollywood trainer speaks to a far more influential black celebrity when we get out of line.”

It turned out, Pasternak might indeed have the power to institutionalize West.

A quick check of the trainer’s resume revealed his spooky connections to the Canadian military, drug experiments and psychological operations.

Pasternak’s prior employer, Canada’s Department of National Defence, is the same agency that once participated in the CIA’s MKUltra mind-control experiments.

A video of Pasternak talking about his work also surfaced around the time of the West controversy.

“Working for the military, I wasn’t governed by the same laws that the typical person was, so I could look at the impact of certain drugs that are not everyday things,” Pasternak said.

With Page back in the headlines, so too is speculation about Pasternak resurfacing.

The Hollywood trainer has yet to publicly address the speculation.

Ken Silva is a staff writer at Headline USA. Follow him at twitter.com/jd_cashless.

NPR Traffic Plummets After Leaving Twitter

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NPR Traffic Plummets After Leaving Twitter

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) Online traffic for National Public Radio saw a massive decrease after the platform left Twitter in April.

According to the Post Millennial, NPR left the platform after Twitter CEO Elon Musk labeled its account as “state-affiliated media.”

In two months, NPR’s website went from 111.5 million page visits to 104.5 million—a 7-million visit decrease—pushing it down four spots in popularity to 143rd.

The bulk of the outlet’s traffic—about 45%—came from direct access to the website. Users searching for NPR via search engines and other means accounted for another 42%, while social media made up an estimated 6.5%.

Despite the fact that it was not on Twitter itself, 15% of NPR’s social-media traffic came from the platform via other users posting links to its content.

“They dig their own grave,” Musk tweeted in response to the recently published statistics.

NPR CEO John Lansing argued that it would be a “disservice” to the journalists on his team to spread their reporting under what he believed to be false pretenses.

“I would never have our content go anywhere that would risk our credibility,” he stated, noting that he “would need some time to understand whether Twitter can be trusted again.”

NPR claimed to be a “private, nonprofit company with editorial independence.” Their website clarified that “1 percent of its $300 million annual budget” comes from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

NPR neglected to mention that they received millions in funding from other government funded organizations, such as colleges and universities, state and local governments and more.

When first applying the “state-funded media” label, Musk also pointed out that NPR stated that “federal funding [was] essential to public radio’s service to the American public and its continuation is critical for both stations and program producers, including NPR.”

Musk also bestowed the label on the Public Broadcasting Service. Officials affiliated with PBS argued that “public broadcasting [was] one of America’s best investments,” and subsequently joined NPR in their Twitter exodus.

The source of its funding notwithstanding, NPR’s credibility is strongly in question due to its unabashed allegiance to leftist talking points no matter how extreme.

The platform decided in 2021 that it would abandon its longstanding ethical policies that prohibited so-called journalists from openly engaging in political activism.

And it openly boasted of its decision to engage in a complete blackout of the Hunter Biden laptop prior to the 2020 election by applying the rational that it was a “waste” of listeners’ time.

Tulsi Gabbard: Trump Indictment Could be End of American ‘Democracy’

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Tulsi Gabbard: Trump Indictment Could be End of American ‘Democracy’

(Ezekiel Loseke, Headline USA) Red-pilled ex-Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, warned that the Justice Department’s indictment Tuesday of former President Donald Trump could kill American democracy.

Gabbard issued the alert while addressing the Western Conservative Summit in Denver over the weekend, according to Breitbart News.

The Army veteran pointed out that she twice had taken an oath to protect and defend the Constitution. The first was for her military service; the second came as a result of her election to Congress.

Gabbard made similar points when she left the Democratic Party last October. She warned, at the time, of imminent threats to America, the American people and the U.S. Constitution.

“[These threats are] not coming from some far-off land or some foreign country,” she explained, establishing her opinion that the current enemies of America were domestic.

“They’re coming, unfortunately, from people who do not share our love for this country, who don’t share our appreciation for God-given rights and freedoms that are enshrined in the Constitution,” she added.

These domestic opponents to the American Constitution were the reason the country was now encountering an “unprecedented moment,” according to Gabbard.

“[A sitting president] direct[ed] the federal government and justice system to be used against his major political opponent in the midst of a presidential campaign, charging him with multiple crimes,” she said.

“This is not something that should happen in the United States of America,” she continued. “It could be the final nail in the coffin of our democracy.”

Gabbard said Biden’s behavior was more akin with that of a Banana Republic.

“Obviously, his administration’s indictment of his primary political opponent, President Trump, and their ongoing efforts to target political opponents and limit free speech—these actions remind us of the things that we see more of in authoritarian regimes in other parts of the world,” she said.

Trump himself also compared the Biden regime to a Third-World country over the weekend, although specifically suggesting that Democrats’ open-border policies made it worse than even the most poorly managed of sovereign “s**thole” nations.

“I’d say it’s worse than any Third-World country,” Trump said at the North Carolina Republican Convention on Saturday in Greensboro.

“Cause a Third-World country wouldn’t let 15 million people flow through their borders,” Trump added. “They’d fight ’em off with sticks and stones.”

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